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This is one of those that’s a favorite of a lot of people (or so I’m told) but that I’ve never really liked much. Bathroom humor always feels cheap and forced to me. On these early strips I was drawing at a smaller size and using paper and pens that were quite a bit different [...]
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Nov 20, 13 | 550 – Everything in its Right Place |
Mar 9, 12 | Pg. 3 “His Old Flame” |
Jan 15, 09 | 192 – The Origin of Captain Spectacular and Dr. Rocket, Pt. 9 “Supposed to Be Me” |
Jan 21, 10 | 240 – ZAP! |
Feb 15, 12 | 387 – A Hot Shower |
After I did the first 10 SuperFogeys strips on my blog at MySpace, I decided to try to find a place to get the strip hosted and see if I could produce something like it on a regular basis. When the SuperFogeys did find a host site (pre-Th3rd World) I decided to start the strip [...]
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Jun 29, 10 | SF Origins: The Life and Times of Soviet Sam, Pg. 6 “Being Friendly” |
Jul 14, 22 | 906 – He Looks Different |
Oct 26, 12 | Pg. 10 “The End?” |
Apr 22, 10 | 253 – Destiny Screwed Over |
Nov 29, 17 | 751 – Who Do You Think Paid for All This? |
This is the first strip where I’m really demonstrating the perverseness of Dr. Rocket, an aspect of his personality that would come to define him later. It’s hard writing a perverse character in what is essentially an all-ages strip, but I think this strip is a good example of how it can be done. It’s [...]
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May 21, 12 | 413 – The Sunway |
Nov 11, 13 | 547 – Lashing Out |
Jan 1, 10 | Guest Strip by Chris Watkins of “Odori Park!” |
Jan 15, 18 | 754 – Not Strong Anymore |
Oct 20, 06 | 26 – How Jerry Met Spy Gal |
I knew I wanted Dr. Rocket’s monologue to be about how he got Spy Gal unconscious, but I wanted his means of accomplishing that to be something humorous, brief and unique. I thought he might drug her, but just any ol’ drug wouldn’t do. It had to be something exotic. Boom: Space Pig Urine. It [...]
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Nov 18, 06 | 46 – The Winner of Bingo Night…? |
Sep 6, 22 | 921 – Obedience is Key |
Sep 16, 15 | 683 – What Makes Peace Worthless |
Oct 17, 06 | 24 – Too Little Too Late |
Sep 9, 10 | 275 – A Moment of Silence |
There are essentially two ways to do a comic strip (as I see it): with or without a continuing story. The intro of Spy Gal is when I realized that I just wasn’t capable of doing one-off jokes. I ALWAYS have a story to tell. Spy Gal was originally supposed to be a character named [...]
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Sep 2, 10 | 274 – Up and Walking |
Oct 13, 09 | SF Origins: JA – Tom’s Story, Pg. 2 “Not About My Dad” |
Apr 25, 12 | 406 – Spy Gal’s Wall of Evidence |
Sep 12, 12 | 444 – A New Mission |
Feb 4, 10 | 242 – Comfort Food |
For Spy Gal’s intro, I wanted to push the boundaries of good taste a little. Is it right to make light of the dementia that all-too-often takes over the minds of older people? …Depends on how you do it. Turns out Spy Gal was faking, but it’s a theme I plan on revisting. Why Turnip? [...]
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Aug 17, 12 | Pg. 2 “Youthfulenergysupersurplus!” |
Nov 26, 12 | 461 – He Escaped |
Apr 7, 14 | 586 – The New Percy |
Jan 16, 13 | 472 – The Stink of the Space Monkeys |
Feb 16, 21 | 874 – The One True |
It still pains me to look at the art in a lot of these early strips. Where the crud are the frickin’ wheelchairs? The only answer I have is that I was lazy and was trying to draw as little as possible. I really saw the strips as more of an exercise in pacing and [...]
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Mar 4, 10 | 246 – Righteous Kill |
May 9, 12 | 410 – Attack of the Space Monkeys |
Oct 22, 20 | 849 – Break a Hip |
Aug 27, 14 | 621 – Jerry’s Powers |
his is the second of the additions I made to the original 10 black and white strips I did to kick off the SuperFogeys. Originally, episode 8 went into what is now episode 10 without this minor stopover to make explicit what was once subtle. She’s Spy Gal. Spy Gal is a spy. Duh. It [...]
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Feb 5, 14 | 569 – Don’t Call Him a Communist When You’ve Been One For a Year |
Aug 29, 10 | SF Origins: Operation: Valhalla, No. 6 “Spy Gal Arrives” |
Jun 23, 22 | 900 – Protected |
Jan 2, 12 | 374 – A Spy Gal Shaped Hole |
Aug 26, 13 | 529 – Why Did Jerry Do It? |
This is one of my favorites. I think it really brings home the idea that these guys are old. We don’t know how Mr. Crook died, but he was in a nursing home and that’s what people tend to do there so we don’t even wonder what the cause was. Maybe that’s a story I’ll [...]
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Jul 1, 15 | 650 – GAH! Feelings! |
Aug 4, 22 | 912 – Jerry Speaks |
Nov 13, 19 | 812 – Spy Gal Dual Wields |
May 13, 13 | 503 – Money Man vs. Zurida |
I had written myself into a bit of a corner. I had Spy Gal come to Valhalla, but she didn’t really need to be there. Somehow, I had to make her stay. Enter the Orderly (later named Gene) and the Power Dampener. Visually, Spy Gal would never be the same after this strip and I [...]
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Dec 19, 11 | 372 – She’s His Sister |
Sep 14, 16 | 699 – How Captain Spectacular Takes Care of Business |
Feb 26, 18 | 766 – Always |
Aug 22, 14 | Pg. 8 “The Captor Revealed” |
Aug 17, 11 | 343 – Speak No More of This |
This is one of my absolute favorites. I think it’s one of the funniest last panels I’ve ever come up with. So, of course, only about half the people who read it actually get it. This one gets knocked down by a lot of people for not standing too well on its own. I suppose [...]
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Nov 24, 14 | 639 – What She Had to Do |
Jan 16, 12 | 378 – Things Fall Apart |
Dec 14, 11 | 371 – Leaving Las Vegas |
Sep 30, 10 | 278 – The Others |
Nov 15, 06 | 43 – The Healer Approaches the Captain |
Time between the creation of SuperFogeys 12 and 13: 2 months. This is the first strip that really sets the tone for what the SuperFogeys would be. The art is finally coming into its own, resulting in a strip that I’m really proud of. I love the subtle pacing of the camera zoom. It’s a [...]
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Dec 2, 13 | 553 – Capture and Rescue Mission |
Aug 14, 20 | 845 – Better and Better |
Jan 4, 17 | 723 – Ascendant |
Mar 10, 14 | 578 – A Different Kind of Torture |
Sep 9, 19 | 798 – A Dark Past, A Questionable Present |
First of all: yes, they’re watching Jeopardy. The real point of this strip was to show Jerry’s concern for Spy Gal and Captain Spectacular’s utter lack of it. I wrapped that point in a Jeopardy joke recycled from Groundhog Day because I figured I’d better do this joke now and early in order to get [...]
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Oct 28, 13 | 543 – The Ignored Little Boy |
Jun 22, 11 | 327 – The Buddy System |
May 25, 08 | SF Collection # 5 Cover (Unused) |
Jun 1, 10 | SF Origins: The Life and Times of Soviet Sam, Pg. 2 “Fallen Villain” |
May 8, 13 | 502 – The Presidio Thumb |
What’s sadder than a guy who can run really fast that’s stuck behind a walker? The answer is nothing, my friends, nothing. That’s what makes Swifty so much fun–we all know exactly why he’s so bitter and grumpy and you just can’t blame the guy. For Swifty’s design, I couldn’t make him look too much [...]
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Apr 1, 11 | Pg. 9 “Always” |
Oct 17, 06 | 24 – Too Little Too Late |
Nov 12, 06 | 40 – Jumpin’ Jujubees! |
Sep 26, 06 | 5 – The Urine of What!? |
This is one of those strips I really, really struggled with. I knew the last thing I wanted was for Dr. Rocket to successfully take advantage of Spy Gal. I mean, this just isn’t that kind of strip. The simplest solution would have been to have Jerry or Captain Spectacular bust through the wall and [...]
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Dec 9, 19 | 817 – Master Masticate Stands with Fork Ready |
Jan 29, 07 | 89 – WebSpace Page: Dr. Rocket |
Oct 24, 16 | 707 – Demise |
Aug 19, 13 | 527 – A Concerned Husband |
Jan 16, 13 | 472 – The Stink of the Space Monkeys |
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This one is just ugly. None of the characters look right, though I do love how the idea of Spy Gal kissing Dr. Rocket just rolls off Captain Spectacular. The man just does not care. Plus: sexy shoulder blades.
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Dec 24, 12 | Merry Christmas From The SuperFogeys! |
Oct 7, 11 | Chapter 12, “Jackpot!” Recap by Steve VanDyken |
Jun 24, 13 | Bubbles of Light 0 |
Aug 26, 19 | 794 – 3,000 Miles Away |
Jan 1, 10 | Guest Strip by Chris Watkins of “Odori Park!” |
Although I didn’t realize it at the time, this was a step in the right artistic direction for the SuperFogeys. The changing camera views were necesitated by the storyline and made for a much stronger reading experience. There’s a little easter egg in this one with the picture of the girl on the wall in [...]
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Dec 10, 20 | 861 – tink tink tink |
Mar 12, 07 | 111 – Forgive Dr. Rocket |
Dec 9, 19 | 817 – Master Masticate Stands with Fork Ready |
Jan 2, 13 | Guest Strip by Brock Heasley (???) |
Oct 7, 19 | 801 – The Next Best Thing |
I love this strip. I think this is the one where you get the best sense of the relationship between Captain Spectacular and Jerry. The first panel alone–I think if the entire strip were just that panel, I’d be happy. I don’t think anyone else laughs at that first panel (That’s not where the joke [...]
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Sep 16, 10 | 276 – “Sweetie” |
Aug 31, 16 | 695 – The Mighty Money Man |
Jul 8, 11 | Pg. 13 “A Tree Falls in the Forest…” |
Jul 19, 22 | 907 – Where is Sam? |
Oct 1, 12 | 445 – I Don’t Know What I’ve Been Told |
Me: Hey, I’ve got a great idea. Me: What’s that? Me: You know how we could get a lot of strips done quickly? Me: How? Me: We could just cut/paste all the best bits from previous strips and add only minor alterations! Me: Genius. Future Me: I beg to differ.
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Nov 2, 06 | 30 – B-I-N-G-O |
Nov 14, 11 | 362 – Robots Don’t Sleep |
Sep 15, 14 | The Principle of Order |
Mar 12, 07 | 111 – Forgive Dr. Rocket |
My lazy self strikes again. As for the story here, this strip was important to me because I had a very real fear at the time that it was going to be perceived that I had a hatred towards women. Dumb, right? I mean, Dr. Rocket is a character, he doesn’t speak for me, but [...]
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Jul 11, 14 | Pg. 2 “The Devil in the Dark” |
Jul 14, 09 | SF Origins: The Society of Heroes, Pg. 22 “The Society of Heroes” |
Dec 23, 11 | Pg. 6 “Battle in the Skies” |
Jun 1, 10 | SF Origins: The Life and Times of Soviet Sam, Pg. 2 “Fallen Villain” |
Nov 20, 17 | 748 – Good Enough |
This is the strip that finally broke me. I enjoy the dialogue here a lot, but the art is the (seemingly) umpteenth strip made out of spare parts. This is when I realized things had to change.
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Aug 24, 11 | 345 – Taking a Pill |
Jan 19, 07 | 76 – Space Pig’s Feelings Get Hurt |
Oct 16, 17 | 738 – Old Lady McGoth |
Dec 2, 10 | 287 – GAH! |
Feb 5, 07 | 95 – Flying Away |
I do believe this strip marks the first close-up I’d ever done in the Superfogeys. I began looking for ways to change the camera around and push the framing into the storytelling more. It was just one panel, but it was a start.
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Mar 11, 21 | 881 – Minutes Away |
Nov 7, 06 | 35 – Healer Q&A |
Jul 21, 22 | 908 – Torture |
Nov 13, 19 | 812 – Spy Gal Dual Wields |
Jun 27, 11 | 328 – Pairing Off |
I love this little experiment. It’s two jokes, one the main plot and one a jokey subplot, that don’t work so well on their own but that compliment each other, I think, pretty well. Jerry’s frustration here is my own. Sleep, it seems, will always be denied me. I had no idea the Space Pig [...]
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Aug 23, 22 | 917 – The New Valhalla |
Feb 24, 09 | SF Origins: The Society of Heroes, Pg. 2 “Swifty” |
Sep 12, 16 | 698 – Good Thing or Bad Thing? |
May 7, 09 | 207 – Not My Story to Tell |
Sep 4, 19 | 797 – Squishiness in the War Room |
Double-sized strips are always fun, but I’m not sure this is the best use of it. The flashback certainly was fun to do. The idea here should be clear: Jerry is Captain Spectacular’s sidekick. This is all set-up and revelation. You should be getting the idea by now that Chapter 1 is really Jerry’s story.
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Nov 13, 08 | 179 – Reverend Space Pig |
Feb 11, 21 | 873 – Against the Wall |
Aug 19, 13 | 527 – A Concerned Husband |
Nov 14, 06 | 42 – Dr. Rocket Needs a Special Kind of Healing |
May 3, 08 | 86 – WebSpace Page: Jerry |
This is the episode that almost never was. My original plan was to go from strip 26 to the last strip of Chapter 1–what is now strip 28. However, I realized fairly late in the game that I hadn’t really done anything to set up WHY CS and Spy Gal would get back together. I [...]
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Sep 30, 10 | 278 – The Others |
Nov 9, 06 | 37 – Is Dr. Klein a Sexy Beast? |
Jun 21, 22 | 899 – Apocalyptic Lovers |
Mar 17, 11 | 300 – Stage Four |
May 3, 09 | 206 – The Valhalla Basement Dungeon |
The last strip of Chapter One is one that I had planned for a long, long time. Once I decided to do the SuperFogeys for real, I quickly came up with a grand plan. This plan extends far, far beyond this chapter, though this ending is the first touchstone in that plan. If you ever [...]
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Jul 8, 15 | 653 – When a Shirtless Captain Spectacular Shows Up |
Mar 3, 09 | SF Origins: The Society of Heroes, Pg. 3 “The Captain and Jerry” |
Aug 7, 08 | 152 – Best Man |
Oct 31, 11 | 359 – Warmed Up |
Dec 2, 13 | 553 – Capture and Rescue Mission |
This first strip in chapter 2 is all about setting up the game and introducing Dr. Klein, an obviously important figure at Valhalla. When I started the SuperFogeys, I always had it in the back of my mind that I would need to create a “man-in-charge” at some point. Dr. Klein, with his german name [...]
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I love Spy Gal. It’s probably the adolescent schoolboy in me, but I have a lot of fun teasing her and putting her in some horrible situations. It’s always fun to see what she’ll do. Gene is the stand-in for my fifteen-year-old self. And, in case you can’t make it out, the book Spy Gal [...]
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Mar 11, 07 | 110 – Spanking |
Mar 15, 07 | 114 – Enter: Star Maiden |
May 17, 08 | SF Collection #3 Cover |
Nov 26, 14 | 640 – Jerry Must Come Back |
Aug 9, 10 | 269 – Sparing Her |
One of the better-paced strips I’ve done (or so I’ve been told) and a solid, economical reintroduction to three of the main characters.
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Jul 29, 08 | 149 – Santa Rocket |
Dec 28, 09 | Guest Strip by Don Oskowski of “Conduit Flux!” |
Jul 19, 22 | 907 – Where is Sam? |
Feb 4, 10 | 242 – Comfort Food |
May 23, 12 | 414 – Keep It Secret, Keep It Safe |
Some people thought Dr. Klein’s look in the third panel coupled with his German name mean that Dr. Klein is evil. I won’t comment on the prejudices of my readership, but I will say that I did not have that in mind when I drew it. I was just experimenting with what I could do [...]
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Dec 2, 06 | 52 – What Captain Spectacular Wants |
Jun 22, 11 | 327 – The Buddy System |
Feb 4, 21 | 871 – To Save a Dark World |
Feb 4, 10 | 242 – Comfort Food |
Aug 1, 16 | 686 – Captain Spectacular’s Mighty Punch |
Ugh. This is my failed experiment. Like Strip 25, I had two ideas for a strip and tried to make them into one. As drawn, panel 3 preceded panel 2, but at the last minute I got the idea to integrate them more. It didn’t work. Not helping matters is the last panel. For the [...]
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Sep 23, 06 | 2 – Introducing Jerry! |
Dec 9, 06 | 58 – Jerry’s Single Chest Hair |
Jan 29, 14 | 567 – The Day Spa |
Sep 6, 22 | 921 – Obedience is Key |
Sep 10, 18 | Pg. 15 “Something Missing” |
Like Spy Gal in Chapter 1, I had spent two strips building up the arrival of the Healer. I wanted his entrance to be important and surprising. Originally, the Healer was going to be an old man in a cloak. Much more like Dr. Strange or something like that. After being comfortable with that for [...]
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Apr 15, 10 | 252 – Like A Son |
Mar 5, 14 | 577 – Who are the Two Queens? |
Mar 20, 07 | 119 – #@$% Heroic |
Jan 11, 12 | 377 – The Blue Light of Revelation |
Jun 7, 22 | 895 – Can’t Stop Won’t Stop |
The SuperFogeys are so stiff and immobile, it was fun to cut loose a little on a character like the Healer. I made it double-sized because I wanted the figures to breathe a little and see what I could do with a character who is real expressive. There’s some good lines in this one (Dr. [...]
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May 29, 13 | 508 – Slightly More Conclusive Evidence |
Jan 14, 13 | 471 – Mmm… Spaghetti… |
Aug 19, 13 | 527 – A Concerned Husband |
Jan 15, 09 | 192 – The Origin of Captain Spectacular and Dr. Rocket, Pt. 9 “Supposed to Be Me” |
Jan 25, 07 | 83 – The Seduction of Dr. Klein |
More Healer nonsense. You can see how my camera is really changing up now. I’ve left behind almost completely the cut/paste of the previous chapter, something I was real glad to do. The Space Pig is always fun to bring back. There’s no way to explain him and his function every time out, so I [...]
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Dec 23, 11 | Pg. 6 “Battle in the Skies” |
Feb 13, 13 | 480 – A Bevy of Buxom Beach Beauties |
Jan 15, 14 | 563 – Wreckage |
Aug 20, 09 | 221 – And By Books Do You Mean Skin Rags? |
Aug 21, 19 | 793 – The Hero He Hates to Be |
I hate the first panel of this one. CS and Spy Gal just don’t look right and I don’t know what I was thinking. The entire point of this strip was to establish that Spy Gal is attracted to Dr. Klein. I don’t do anything more with it for the whole of Chapter 2, but [...]
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Aug 14, 19 | 791 – The Secret Origin of The Atomic Fly! |
Oct 17, 12 | 450 – Neither One of Them Expected It |
May 27, 10 | 258 – The Skirt Goes in the Wrong Direction |
Mar 5, 09 | 198 – Not Lookin’ Too Good Yourself |
This is a strip I’m really proud of. It’s very much a side-trip from the main story, but I think it’s poignant in a way that SuperFogeys hasn’t been up until now. While writing the SuperFogeys, I often have to ask myself, “What will it be like when I’m old?” I guess this is one [...]
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Oct 23, 08 | 174 – Big Mistake |
Nov 18, 10 | 285 – Medical Centre |
Jul 10, 15 | 654 – An Honest Conversation |
Jul 9, 08 | Guest Strip by Rufus Edge of “comicdeoxyribonucleicacid!” |
Jerry was late to the party because I needed to remind the audience of his feelings for Spy Gal. I’m sure there was a better way to do that. Not a favorite of mine.
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Jun 15, 12 | Pg. 1 “Through the Portal” |
Dec 21, 16 | 721 – Requiem for Money Man |
Jul 6, 15 | 652 – On the Great Wall |
Sep 7, 16 | 697 – No Fun Being Ignored |
Mar 11, 07 | 110 – Spanking |
I knew the back half of this chapter would be light on the Swifty, so I wanted to make sure his last time in the spotlight was a memorable one. Everyone seems to have a different favorite Swifty ailment, but the one I like the best (and the first one I wrote) is the one [...]
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Mar 12, 18 | 770 – Bumps in the Road |
Jan 25, 11 | SF Origins: The Thrice Evil, Pg. 9 “We Can Work With That” |
Aug 24, 15 | 673 – Captain Spectacular’s New Duds |
Jul 10, 15 | 654 – An Honest Conversation |
Jul 20, 11 | 335 – Diagonally |
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Mar 22, 07 | 121 – Swifty Gets Slapped |
Aug 31, 12 | Pg. 4 “Crib Cage” |
Nov 11, 08 | 178 – Death, M.D. |
Sep 8, 22 | 922 – The New Normal |
Jun 8, 12 | Pg. 5 “In the 1950s” |
Yeah, I did a Viagra joke. You almost have to, given the subject matter. I think I did it in the best possible way. It was important to me to have the Healer is so disapproving and grossed out. I think that’s how we all felt the first time we saw Bob Dole talking about [...]
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Feb 3, 07 | 94 – Everything Changed |
Mar 13, 07 | 112 – Budapest ’68 All Over Again |
Feb 8, 07 | 98 – The Wedding of Captain Spectacular and Star Maiden |
Oct 7, 19 | 801 – The Next Best Thing |
Oct 19, 12 | Pg. 9 “Let’s Go!” |
I had been looking for an excuse to do a single-panel strip for a long time and this conclusion of the Healer’s interviews with all the SuperFogeys was a good excuse for it. Originally, the dialogue on this one was vastly different. It was a back and forth between the Healer and the Captain; none [...]
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Jul 2, 12 | 425 – The Maiden Within |
Mar 12, 18 | 770 – Bumps in the Road |
Aug 10, 16 | 689 – Zurida, the Mother |
Dec 10, 12 | 465 – Lip Lick |
Jan 17, 11 | Guest Strip by Gabe Altomare |
44 – Beginning the Tale of How Captain Spectacular was Paralyzed
by Brock Heasley on November 16th, 2006This is one of those connecting strips that I didn’t know I needed until I did. Strip 45 was always a story I was going to tell, but before I got to that story I realized that I had nothing leading into it. What would be Dr. Rocket’s final scheme? Why, bunnies of course. Why [...]
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Aug 8, 12 | 434 – Marching Orders |
Feb 13, 12 | 386 – The Papanazi Report: Vegas |
Dec 4, 13 | 554 – Not In a Way That Matters |
Nov 10, 06 | 38 – The Good Ol’ Days |
Mar 5, 18 | 768 – Boy-Haired Crone |
45 – The Tale of How Captain Spectacular was Paralyzed, Conclusion
by Brock Heasley on November 17th, 2006See the bunny? I liked the idea that Dr. Rocket kept one bunny for himself. Of course it begs the question…what happened to the bunny? That answer is coming in Chapter 6. This strip took a little longer than your average strip. In the end, I think I probably pumped a little too much detail [...]
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Dec 7, 11 | 369 – Donut Power |
Oct 7, 08 | 169 – Faker! |
Aug 12, 10 | 270 – Freakin’ Huge |
Aug 22, 16 | 692 – See! You Are Needed! |
Dec 21, 16 | 721 – Requiem for Money Man |
Another “ugh” strip for me. I have a real problem with drawing too big for the panel. I truly need to zoom the camera out more. The Healer declaring the Captain the winner without checking the score should come across as a bit strange. He’s just being too nice. It’s the first hint there might [...]
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Oct 7, 10 | 279 – Gina Galloway |
Feb 25, 10 | 245 – One Week Later |
Oct 20, 06 | 26 – How Jerry Met Spy Gal |
Sep 3, 18 | Pg. 14 “Fire and Light and Rain” |
Jan 29, 07 | 89 – WebSpace Page: Dr. Rocket |
I absolutely love this strip. This is a case of art elevating the script. On paper, this one didn’t seem like it would be much. If anything, I felt like I was trying to do too much. However…I think it works. Bingo Knight was a character name given to me by a reader of my [...]
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Mar 17, 07 | 116 – Still Hot |
Oct 11, 06 | 18 – Ben Gay Smell |
Jul 22, 08 | 147 – Three Plus Seven |
Aug 19, 10 | 273 – All Is Revealed |
Dec 2, 06 | 52 – What Captain Spectacular Wants |
Bingo Knight’s design came from the idea that he is essentially a super accountant. I mean, a super hero who settles Bingo scores? How could he be anything BUT an accountant? Once I knew that, all I had to do was put a dorky guy in a Knight costume and the idea sold itself.
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Jul 9, 18 | Pg. 6 “Date or Fight?” |
Jul 21, 22 | 908 – Torture |
Dec 11, 08 | 187 – The Origin of Captain Spectacular and Dr. Rocket, Pt. 4 “New Clothes” |
Dec 27, 10 | Guest Strip by Crystal Murphy, Part One (2010) |
I don’t know how much this strip actually adds to the plot, but it makes me laugh and sometimes that’s enough. A genuinely well-drawn Spy Gal in this strip, I think. She’s a tough one to draw just right and I always have a hard time with her hair.
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Sep 12, 14 | Pg. 10 – Breaking Free |
Dec 7, 11 | 369 – Donut Power |
Jun 29, 11 | 329 – Ear Twist |
Dec 25, 08 | Merry Christmas From The SuperFogeys (2008) |
Dec 5, 16 | 716 – Boy Haircut |
I tried and tried to not make this one a double-sized. I had just done one and I didn’t want to take the time to do another one, but there just wasn’t any other way to make it work. Too many characters all interacting with each other. It has been said that this is one [...]
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Aug 28, 08 | 158 – Bubbles of Light 2 |
Dec 12, 12 | 466 – Tunnel Vision |
Dec 9, 11 | Pg. 4 “Party Crasher” |
Jun 3, 11 | Pg. 8 “Future Imperfect” |
Aug 31, 16 | 695 – The Mighty Money Man |
This is the one that was lifted almost entirely from the rejected version of strip 43. That’s how a lot of strips get written. I may write lots and lots of possible dialogue for any given strip and if something isn’t right for the idea, but the dialogue is good anyway, I’ll save it and [...]
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Mar 18, 10 | 248 – The Difference Between Justice and Revenge |
Apr 1, 10 | 250 – To Be So Stupid |
Oct 18, 06 | 25 – Pee On Swifty |
Mar 20, 07 | 119 – #@$% Heroic |
May 15, 13 | 504 – A Striking Mustache |
This is one I was really excited about doing. The art in the SuperFogeys represents a style that I invented just for this strip. I work in a lot of different styles at my 9-to-5 and in my freelance work, so it was fun to show off one of those styles in this strip. Plus, [...]
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Nov 10, 06 | 38 – The Good Ol’ Days |
Nov 13, 08 | 179 – Reverend Space Pig |
Jun 17, 11 | Pg. 10 “Lost Faith” |
May 6, 13 | 501 – New Age Nitwit |
Dec 27, 13 | Guest Strip by Crystal Murphy, 1 |
By the time I got to this strip I’d really tossed away any notion I had of keeping the same structure of four panels for each strip. This is another of those ideas I had from almost the very beginning of Chapter 2. It’s so weird seeing the Captain standing. I don’t know that I’ll [...]
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I love Gene. He’s such a jerk and yet, I think, you feel sorry for him. I don’t really know why. Maybe it’s just me. I broke my rule of having Spy Gal being tough enough to defend herself because I couldn’t pass up the joke. I hope no one minded.
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Dec 2, 11 | Pg. 3 “Enter The Space Pig” |
Jan 21, 10 | 240 – ZAP! |
Oct 2, 13 | 540 – Jerry is Committed |
Jul 17, 08 | 146 – Cad and a Layabout |
Dec 3, 09 | 236 – You Have to Be Careful Who You Let Into Your Life |
Talk about left field, huh? All I’ll say here is that I do know who the Healer is talking to and it is a hint at something greater and we WILL find out who it is. There are more questions to be asked about this one, but I’ll let you figure out what they are.
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Sep 15, 14 | The Principle of Order |
Sep 30, 10 | 278 – The Others |
Dec 2, 13 | 553 – Capture and Rescue Mission |
Jul 24, 08 | 148 – The Society of Heroes – Introducing Tangerine! |
Aug 28, 13 | 530 – Jerry’s Greatest Hits |
I’m color-blind (mildly so, but still…), but the SuperFogeys are a one man show so you all have to put up with my puke palette. However, it’s always nice when a strip looks pretty like I think this one does. The entire point of this strip is to justify the next one…
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Jul 3, 08 | 144 – Jerry Wakes Up |
Mar 5, 09 | 198 – Not Lookin’ Too Good Yourself |
Aug 22, 16 | 692 – See! You Are Needed! |
Oct 16, 08 | 172 – The Superhero Code |
May 8, 13 | 502 – The Presidio Thumb |
…just as the entire point of Chapter 2 was to justify this one joke. See, I wrote this one as one of the first 10 strips back in the first weeks of the creation of the SuperFogeys. I quickly realized that I couldn’t use it because, uh, hello? Captain Spectacular can’t walk. Thus, Chapter 2 [...]
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Jan 2, 13 | Guest Strip by Brock Heasley (???) |
Aug 16, 22 | 915 – Return to Valhalla |
Jan 28, 07 | 88 – Who Smells Like Fish? |
Jan 6, 14 | 560 – Lifeless |
Feb 17, 14 | 572 – The New War Room |
This is an important call back to the end of Chapter 1. I had to keep Jerry’s unrequited love alive somehow and it seems particularly harsh that it’s now Spy Gal herself who is diminishing him. Jerry’s just fun to mess with.
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Dec 31, 09 | Guest Strip by Scott Gallatin of “Madscott” – The Sequel! |
Aug 5, 15 | 665 – All Out of Coffee and Goats |
Jan 4, 12 | 375 – In The Zone |
Aug 11, 09 | SF Origins: Tangerine, Pg. 3 “New Parts” |
Feb 7, 07 | 97 – The Return |
And that’s it, folks! Captain Spectacular’s dialogue here with Dr. Klein offers real insight into his character. CS has retired from not only the hero business, but also from life. Even though this seems like a return to the status quo, the Captain will remain healed and able to walk. Might make things interesting later [...]
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Feb 1, 07 | 92 – Not the Woman He Used to Know |
Oct 22, 20 | 849 – Break a Hip |
Mar 31, 09 | SF Origins: The Society of Heroes, Pg. 7 “Good Looks Good on You” |
Sep 25, 13 | 538 – The Amazing Zurida |
Mar 11, 20 | 838 – The Situation |
Titling a chapter is a source of great stress for me. I’m not very good at it and I put it off until I absolutely have to come up with something. That said, “The Techno Shuffle” very much fits what this chapter is going to be all about. Originally, this chapter opened on two characters [...]
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Jul 13, 10 | SF Origins: The Life and Times of Soviet Sam, Pg. 8 “Sweet Dreams” |
Mar 26, 07 | 125 – Jerry’s Down |
Feb 10, 07 | 100 – The Third Man Revealed |
May 27, 10 | 258 – The Skirt Goes in the Wrong Direction |
Mar 23, 07 | 122 – Who Will Jerry Fight? |